GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Obverse , a. [L. obversus, p. p. of obvertere. See Obvert.] Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
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   Obverse , n. [Cf. F. obverse, obvers. See Obverse, a.]
   The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.
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   Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things.
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   The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative belief.
   H. Spencer.
   
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